An early evolutionary stage of mutualistic endosymbiosis reveals a parasitic aspect of endosymbionts
Md Mostafa Kamal, Yu‐Hsuan Cheng, Li-Wen Chu, Phuong-Thao Nguyen, Chien-Fu Jeff Liu, Chia‐Wei Liao, Thomas Posch, Jun‐Yi Leu
This study investigates an early stage of mutualistic endosymbiosis between Tetrahymena and its algal endosymbiont, revealing condition-dependent parasitic aspects of the endosymbionts.
The ISME Journal · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology